Hot dog frying pan

Abstract

A hot dog frying pan includes a frying pan with a carrying handle, a metal rack mounted in the frying pan for holding hot dogs for frying, the rack having a plurality of cylindrical rollers pivotally arranged in parallel and a plurality of gears meshed with one another and adapted to rotate the cylindrical rollers, and a crank handle coupled to one cylindrical roller for enabling the user to rotate the cylindrical rollers with the hand.

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       4 . A hot dog frying pan structure comprising: 
 a) a frying pan having a handle;    b) a metal rack located on a top surface of the frying pan and having: 
 i) a plurality of rollers, each of the plurality of rollers having a first gear located on a first end thereof, a selected roller of the plurality of rollers having a roller shaft protruding outwardly from the first end thereof;  
 ii) a plurality of second gears, one second gear of the plurality of second gears is located between each set of two adjacent first gears; and  
 iii) a turning mechanism directly connected to the roller shaft of the selected roller and controlling a rotation of the plurality of rollers.  
   
   
   
       5 . The hot dog frying pan structure according to  claim 4 , wherein the turning mechanism is a crank.  
   
   
       6 . The hot dog frying pan structure according to  claim 4 , wherein the turning mechanism is a motor.